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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The Orlando Magic know there will be plenty of nights in this compressed NBA season in which they will feel lethargic. They also know any team is bound to produce a bad performance sooner or later as it completes a pair of back-to-back games or an arduous stretch. But this bad? One evening removed from an emotional fourth-quarter comeback, the Magic looked spent and faded late as they lost 89-78 Monday to the Detroit Pistons in front of an announced crowd of just 8,120 fans at The Palace of Auburn Hills. “I don’t even know how we were within shouting distance in the game,” coach Stan Van Gundy said afterward. “I really...

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